BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 20. We have seen the village of Aghali and can no longer call it a village. Aghali is already developing as a modern city, President of the Republic of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan said making a press statement together with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Jabrayil city on October 20, Trend reports.
"These regions razed to the ground are now being revived under the leadership of my brother Ilham Aliyev with great efforts, an incredible desire for development that is rarely seen elsewhere in the world. A new Azerbaijan is being built with bridges, railways, roads and highways. We see and experience all this today. We talk about it firsthand and see it with our own eyes. Thanks to the joint actions taken here by the whole team, of course, led by my brother Ilham Aliyev, thanks to the work being done, Azerbaijan, as they say, is rising from the ashes in such a short time.
The international airport, the opening of which we celebrated in Zangilan today, is an indicator that Azerbaijan, which wrote the chronicle of heroism, is now writing the chronicle of the development of Karabakh. And the fact that Turkish companies are participating in this important project is a source of special pride for us.
We are also extremely pleased with the beginning of the return of our Azerbaijani brothers to the liberated lands. Inshallah, we see that the settlement of our Azerbaijani brothers as part of the Great Return process in the village of Aghali, which has been built in accordance with the Smart Village concept, has put an end to their longing for the Motherland. We have seen the village of Aghali and can no longer call it a village. Aghali is already developing as a modern city," Erdogan said.